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Old 01-09-2016, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by VF84sluggo
Just today a buddy changed his main Facebook pic to a shot his son took of their waterfront house with his new Christmas "drone." Time for a quiz, gang:

Guess what the "drone" is?
Correct, it's a quadcopter. Actually, that's incorrect. And that's a part of the huge problem here and elsewhere, people using the wrong term to describe something.
Here is a "multi rotor", that flies on 4 rotors:


And here is yet another. Does this look like a drone to you, or anyone?



Do you think the son is an AMA member?
No. Right again. Is this really a right or wrong answer? Explain why he needs to be, and how that has anything to do with him flying. There are plenty of people who don't belong to the AMA that enjoy flying.

Do they know about FAA registration?
No. Right again...a perfect score! Why does he need to know about registration? You never said how old the kid is, or what kind of "drone", he was flying, or even it it was a drone. Are you aware of the age requirement, as well as the weight of the aircraft limitations? Lot's of multirotors out there right now that are less than .55 pounds and have a camera on them.

EXTRA CREDIT: When they say "drone", do you think my buddy and his son equate that with a multi-rotor hovering and flying picture and video taking flyable through the iPhone or iPad contraption, and not a radio control airplane like a T-28?
Here is another multi-rotor unit NOT flown by a iphone or ipad, but via a transmitter. It does not have autonomous or blos capacity, but does have a HD camera. Oh, it' also flies at less than 2 ounces, so no registration needed.


Yes!! Man, you guys are good!! Aced this quiz!


Sigh................
Hey tell your buddy to join the AMA, bring him over to the darkside.
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